On my father in laws 18 foo Bruce Roberts boat he had it set uo so that he had to cables that ran the the back corners of the boat from the spreader bar on the mast he would hookup the stays on booth sids of the mast that would stop the mast falling off to either side and he has a come along from th...

That idea of a step is a good one I have slipped a few times getting in and out of the cabin. I have my battery on one side of the keel box and the port a potty on the other side so I do not have room I tend to use the top of the port a potty as a step but it is not very strong. I spend most of my t...

When I built my boat I placed my battery under the cabin floor just to the right of the keel box I built a box to hold it and glassed it the top is part of the cabin floor that lifts out to get at the battery. From there I ran the power wire up the aft cabin bulkhead to a switch panel mounted there ...

All of those small problems can be overcome one thing you need to watch for is as you come into the dock area in any kind of cross wind that high bow will get caught by the wind and can turn the boat once you loose speed you will work it out. So to this point you are happy with it?

When it comes to checking the rake on you mast this is how I did it I hung a plum bob from the aft top of my mast If I recall it should hang to around the center of the keel when the keel is down this also allowed me to check that my stays were set properly as that string on the plum bob should hang...